Sun Machine / DL Atelier

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Text description provided by the architects. At the 2025 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, a dynamic "Green Sun" rises on the riverside of Fuxing Island Ship Berth Park—an installation we named "Sun Machine". Shanghai Shipyard Riverside Park was formerly the site of the Zhonghua Shipbuilding Factory. While Shanghai changes with each passing day, this place has remained largely unchanged.As a result, the factory buildings, huge tower cranes and tracks together create a strong industrial atmosphere in this area. The clamor of shipbuilding in days gone by still seems to echo, with machines clanging and clattering ceaselessly. This time, we have transported the playground equipment from the street parks of our childhood memories into such a setting. Incorporating the imagery of ceaselessly running machinery and the radiant sun as natural symbols, this installation employs concave metal discs and semicircular orange-red lamps to convey an intuitively perceptible resonance.